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Bullock Creek Lancers visited Clare Pioneers Monday evening for two games in very cold conditions. BC runs their record to 9-3 with a double header split, losing game one 4-6, before winning the nightcap 14-6.

Game one saw Creek out hitting the Pioneers (8 hits to 6 hits), but costly defensive misplays proved to be the difference. Mattie Midkiff took the complete game loss giving up 6 runs on 6 hits, while striking out 3. Offensively, Creek was led by Emmah Hanson who went 3 for 4 with 2 rbi’s. Maddy Bass was 2 for 3 with a double, while Avery Campau and Charlie Bass each added a double.

Game 2 proved that clean defense produces different outcomes. Zofia Jean threw a complete game win, allowing 6 runs on 7 hits, while striking out 4. Creek’s 15 hits on the game was led by Mattie Midkiff who doubled twice and singled twice, and drove home 4 runs. Lillian Wassmann added 2 doubles and 1 single, driving in 2 runs. Emmah Hanson drove in 3 runs that included a long home run. Lilyan Spann and Kelsey Lovelace added two hits and 1 rbi each.

Creek will next play host to St. Louis in a TVC cross-over match up on Thursday, 4/27.

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On Monday, Alma hosted a 20 team field for the Panther Classic at Pine River Country Club.

The Freeland Falcons were team Champions, firing a team score of 325. Freeland was led by freshman Tristan Pohl and senior Peyton Essex who both carded a 79.

The Alma Panthers finished runner-up, firing a 345. Alma was led by overall tournament medalist, senior Jeffrey Sager, who shot a 78. Sophomore Cooper Couch finished T-10 with an 86.

Finishing in the top 10 Overall was:
Jeffrey Sager – Alma – 78
Peyton Essex – Freeland – 79
Tristan Pohl – Freeland – 79
William Wurtzel – Freeland – 81
Isaac Honsowiitz – Poartland – 81
Cameron Morgan – Chippewa Hills – 83
Noah Traviss – Cadillac – 84
David Bakker – Ithaca – 85
Brad Davis – Webberville – 85
Samuel Brewster – Freeland – 86
William Gibbons – TC St. Francis – 86
Cooper Couch – Alma – 86
Carson Paling – Clio – 86

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The Lady Jackets had a very busy end of the week this week. Ithaca played Bullock Creek on Friday, April 21st.

Game 1 Results: W 8-5. Ivy Davenport got the win for the Jackets. Offensively Ithaca was led by Megan Mankey, Madison Carman, and Hayden Whitmore who all added two hits. Faith Fisher, Emmalee Shankel, Alyssa McPherson and Whitmore all added doubles while Mankey added a triple.

Game 2: L 7-8. Lauryn Humphrey took the loss for the Jackets. Offensively Megan Mankey and Myah Maurer led the way each with 3 hits. Maurer and Quinne McMurphy added doubles on the night.

Saturday, April 22nd Ithaca headed to Beaverton for a tournament.

-Game 1 led Ithaca to playing the 6th ranked team in the state in our division and ithaca walked away with a 0-1 loss in the bottom of the 6th inning. Ivy Davenport took the loss for the Jackets. This game was a pitching duo with not many hits, however, Megan Mankey and Kennedi Ryan each added a hit.

-game 2 Ithaca came away with a solid win against Tawas 11-1. Lauryn Humphrey pitched the 5 inning game allowing only 1 walk and had 4 strikeouts. The offense was led by Kennedi Ryan with 3 hits. Hayden Whitmore and Megan Mankey each added doubles. The Jackets were also aggressive on the base pass. Leading the way on stolen bases was Ryan with 3 while Ivy Davenport and Faith Fisher each took 2 and Myah Maurer and Alyssa McPherson each took 1.

-game 3 led Ithaca to a challenge as we faced the current Division 4 state champs, USA. Ithaca held them to 5 runs losing 5-1. Ivy Davenport took the loss for the Jackets. Offensively Emmalee Shankel, Kennedi Ryan, and Ivy Davenport each added hits for the Jackets.

Next up is Ithaca’s first conference game against Valley Lutheran on Monday, April 24th. Then on to Chesaning on Wednesday and Standish on Thursday.

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Friday afternoon the Eagle track & field teams competed at the Ithaca Blue & Gold Invitational.

The girls finished 11th of 15 schools and 4th amongst Division 4 schools.
Medaling (finishing top 6)–was Aubrey Hessbrook (2nd in the Long Jump, and 5th in the High Jump).

The boys finished 13th of 15 schools and 6th amongst Division 4 schools.
Medaling for the boys were Deegan Bodell (5th, 3200m), Kristian Coon (6th, 3200m), and the 4x800m relay team of Oisin O’Grady, Deegan Bodell, Carter Clark, and Kristian Coon (4th).

Coach Grant Woodman of CC-C: “We had some great performances today. We had 13 boys and 3 girls set personal records, and for only the 2nd competition of the season, they keep getting better and better. We are starting to find places and events for those new to the varsity level and the goals of contending for conference honors and making it to the state meet are still within reach. We still have work to do before the Regional Meet on May 20th”.

The next meets for the Eagles are the first MSAC jamboree on Wednesday April 26, and then on Friday April 28th at the Clare Invitational.

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Game 1

The team played a solid game with a lot of offense.
Haslett 4 – Charlotte 8
Jadyn Smuts earned the W on the mound. He pitched 5 innings, recorded 8 strikeouts, and only gave up 1 earned run. Eann Spotts came in to relieve and threw 2 innings, struck out 3, and gave up 1 earned run.

Offense:
Eann Spotts 3-4, 1 RBI, 1R
Cutler Brandt 2-3, 2 RBI, 2R
Landon Jackson 2-3, 1 RBI, 1R
Greyson Seavolt 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 R
Aiden Laverty 1-3, 1 RBI
Christian Powers 1-4, 2 RBI

Game 2:
After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning the Orioles battled their way back. They scored 1 run in the 2nd, 1 run in the 5th, and then Greyson Seavolt had a walk-off hit to drive in Cutler Brant in the bottom of the 7th.
Nathan Penfield started the game with a 28-pitch inning. But, after getting settled in he completed the next 6 innings with only 57 more pitches, averaging less than 10 pitches an inning! Nate continuously improved as the game went on with 3 of his 5 strikeouts coming in the 7th inning, which put an exclamation point on what ended up being one of his most impressive outings.

Offense:
Seavolt 2-3, 1 RBI
Penfield 2-3, 1RBI
Laverty 1-3
Cutler Brandt and Max Powell 2 SB, each leading to a run.

Charlotte Varsity Baseball is now 6-2 on the season.

Varsity’s next doubleheader is at home vs ER on Tuesday, April 25.

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Portland St. Patrick’s girls softball started conference play tonight, on the road at Pewamo-Westphalia.
The first game of the night was a battle of the bats as the lead changed throughout the night. Unfortunately with 14 hits, the Shamrocks still came up short and lost 17-13.
Leading was 8th grader Gracelyn Rockey with four hits, three runs and two RBIs, Natalee Teachworth had two hits, including a double and an RBI, Mattie Honsowitz had two hits and two RBIs, Hayley Fleischer had two hits, Emma Honsowitz had two RBIs and a double, Tori Sandborn had two RBIs, Hannah Weller had one RBI and Rylee Scheurer had two stolen bases.
Unfortunately in the field the Shamrocks had 7 errors for the night. Natalee Teachworth took the loss for St. Patrick, pitching 5 ⅓ innings, while striking out five and only walking one.
Game two was a completely different game altogether. St. Patrick’s ended up winning the game 4-3 with a walk off base hit from senior Natalee Teachworth.
St. Patrick collected nine hits on the night. Rylee Scheurer led the Shamrocks with two hits with a triple, an RBI, and two stolen bases. Natalee Teachworth had two hits and the game winning RBI, Mattie Honsowitz had two hits, Gracelyn Rockey had a hit with an RBI, and Addie Scheurer had a hit, an RBI and two stolen bases.
St. Patrick turned around the defense and didn’t commit a single error in the field this game. In addition, catcher Addie Scheruer caught two girls stealing at second base. Freshman Mattie Honsowitz was the winning pitcher and also completed her first full game on Varsity, allowing only eight hits and three runs, striking out four.
Next week, the Shamrocks take on Fulton in a doubleheader on Monday at home starting at 4PM.

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Ithaca defeated Beaverton on Thursday 7-2 in baseball action.
Ithaca scored five runs in the first inning. The offensive firepower was led by Conn, Paradise, White and Martyn , all driving in runs in the inning.
Martyn was the winning pitcher for Ithaca varsity Yellowjackets. The pitcher surrendered two runs on one hit over six innings, striking out nine.,
Loar gook the loss for Beaverton.
Love went 1-for-3 for Beaverton.
Martyn, Hull, Conn and Paradise each mananged one hit to lead Ithaca.

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The Ithaca softball YellowJackets visited a very tough Clare team on Wednesday and split winning game one 9-5 and losing game two 21-16.

Ivy Davenport won game 1 pitching 7 innings allowing one Earned run and had 5 strikeouts. Offensively, the jackets had 11 hits. The offense was led by Megan Mankey with 3 hits while Lauryn Humphrey, Emmalee Shankel and Madison Carman each added two. Carman, Shankel and Faith Fisher each had doubles.

Lauryn Humphrey started game two and then Davenport And Kennedi Ryan came in for relief. Offensively the Jackets had 23 hits. Davenport led the way with 4 hits while Humphrey, Carman and Ryan each added 3. Ryan bombing a HR on the night.

On Thursday the Jackets had their home opener beating Beaverton both games (11-0 and 15-0).

In game one Lauryn Humphrey pitched the 5-inning game allowing only 1 hit, 1 walk and had 9 strikeouts. Offensively, each of the 9 players added 2-3 hits in the game totaling 11 hits for the Jackets. Madison Carman added a double.

In game two Kennedi Ryan took the win in 3 innings, allowing only 2 hits and had 4 strikeouts. Offensively the playing field was even with 8 of the 9 hitters adding hits. Myah Mauer led the way with 3 hits. Mankey and Shankel each added a double and Humphrey and Maurer each added triples on the night.

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It was a new school record in the shot put for Michael Howey of Alma on Wednesday in track and field action.
Hovey threw the shot 54 feet 9 ½ inches.
He had two throws Wednesday of more than 54 feet.

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It doesn’t surprise Brian Montini, head coach of Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central boys varsity bowling team, that Alex McCarthy, a sophomore second-year varsity bowler, was the Division II state champion.
“It was an excellent followup to his freshman season,” Montini said. “Alex and I started this journey at the same time. This is also my second season as head coach. The team worked hard together to help Alex achieve his goal for this season: state champion. I could not be happier to witness and have a part in Alex winning this championship.
“Alex took first place both years in the TVC West conference. His average this year was 202 in 23 games and last year he had a 208 in 24 games. Alex was first team all conference both years and was given the TVC Sportsmanship Award this year, as well. Beyond those great stats, as a team, he helped us become Division 4 Team Regional Champions this year allowing us to take the team to states. Unfortunately, we did not do as well during the team event.”
The keys to McCarthy’s success, Montini said, “has been hard work. Alex has been bowling since he was 2 years old. His grandfather would take him to the bowling alley. Alex learned a lot from this experience and owes all of his success because of his grandfather. Alex is also a great all around person. Everyone knows Alex and when he is bowling there are a lot of eyes on him. He just has a natural form that you do not see very often due to the current take-off of two-handed bowling.
Montini said focus has been a key behind McCarthy’s success.
“Alex has been able to understand the league, bowlers and lane conditions to make the necessary adjustment to achieve the success he has had,” Montini said. “Alex bowls in a league with other teammates during the offseason. Alex’s true love is golf. As great of a bowling talent he is, he also carries that talent on the golf course.
“Alex is looking forward to this upcoming golf season as he would love to have a similar season and win a state golf championship. Alex would love to have a future in golf.”

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Bullock Creek softball team splits with Clare

Freeland golfers win Alma Classic

Ithaca softball team has busy week

Carson City-Crystal track teams compete at Ithaca Invitational

Charlotte baseball team sweeps Haslett

Portland St. Patrick softball team splits with Pewamo-Westphalia

Ithaca baseball team beats Beaverton 7-2

Ithaca softball team having success

Alma shotputter sets new school record

Saginaw Nouvel bowler is state boys champion